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between 

Trains 

in 

Kansas 

City 




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Taxicab Rates 



For each taxicab carrying- one 

to four persons; 

For the first two-fifths 
(2-5) mile or fraction 
ttiereof, sixty cents |0.60 

For each one-fitth (1-5) 
mile thereafter, ten 
cents 1" 

For each four minutes' 
waiting, ten cents 10 

Where the car travels two 
(2) miles or more to get 
the passenger, the mini- 
mum fare charged may 
be one dollar 1.00 

Rates for Cars Ordered by 
Hour. 

Per hour. 
Taxicabs, (4 passenger) .. .$3.00 
Taxicabs, (7 passenger) . . . 4,00 
Touring Cars, (7 passen- 
ger) 4.00 

Limousines, (7 passenger) . 4.00 

Special Rates by the Day. 
Motor Buses, Sight-Seeing 
Cars. Opera Bus, for theatre 
parties, conventions, parades, 
sight-seeing and boulevard 
rides. 



Commercial Rate. 

Between Hotels and Union 
Depot, 

Depot Bus... 50c per passenger 
Bus fare, including 1 piece 
baggage 'oo 

Baggage Transfer Rates. 

To and from Union Depot. 

Zone 1. 

Woodland Ave. — East; 23rd 
St.— South ^ ^ ,A 

50c 1st piece, 25c each add. 

Zone 2. 

Jackson Ave. — East; 43rd 

St.— South ^^ V, ^^ 

75c 1st piece, 25c each add. 

Zone 3. 

Topping Ave. — East; 63rd 
St.— South ^^ ^ ^j 

?1 1st piece, 50c each add. 

Zone 4. 

City Limits East and South 

.$1.25 1st, piece, 50c each add. 
All Road and Bridge Tolls will 
be added to the Fare, 



Carriage Rates 



Depot Calls. 

Inside Woodland Ave. and 
23rd St. 
Passenger without l>ag- 

gage $0-oO 

Passenger with trunk 1.00 

Each additional trunk 25 

Inside 31st and Prospect 
and beyond 23rd and 
Woodland, passenger. ... 1.50 
Each additional passenger. .50 

Baggage, each 50 

Inside 42nd and Cleveland 
and beyond 31st and 
Prospect, each passen- 
ger l.oO 

First piece of baggage 
75c; each additional 50 

Hourly Rates. 

Day or night, $2.00 first hour; 
$1.00 each additional hour or 
part thereof. 

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Opera Rates. 

To and from any point with- 
in the following boundaries: 
23rd and Woodland; two 

persons $3.00 

23rd and Woodland, four 

persons 4.00 

31st and Prospect, two or 

four persons 4.00 

42nd and Cleveland, two or 

four persons 5.00 

Party Calls. 

Within the following boun- 

23rd and Woodland, two 

persons $3.00 

23rd and Woodland, four 

persons 4.00 

31st and Prospect, two or 

four persons 4.00 

42nd and Cleveland, two or 

four persons 5,00 



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fANSAS CITY had its beginnii^g in the lur trade 
which had centered on the Missouri River at the 
mouth of the Kansas River about 1808. This trade 
had grown to large proportions by ISl'J, largely 
through the merger of the Missouri Fur Company, 
headed by x^uguste and Pierre Chouteau, French 
traders and trappers, the former one of the founders of the city of 
St. Louis; and the American Fur Company of New York, controlled 
by John Jacob Astor. 

In 1819 the first steamboat that ever navigated the Missouri 
River, the "Independence," left St. Louis in an attempt to reach 
the fur trading stations at what is now Kansas City. While 
this boat did not succeed in reaching these depots, another at- 
tempt was made the next year by four steamers, one of which, 
the "Engineer," came not only to the site of what is now Kan- 
sas City, but went as far north as Council Bluffs. The success 
of the "Engineer" resulted in great activity upon the river, and 
this new means of transportation was the one factor which 
made possible the rapid growth of the district about the present 
location of Kansas City. , 

The exact site which Kansas City now occupies was not the 
location of the principal early trading towns for this section, 
for the settlement did not take definite form until 1839, whereas 
in 1827 the town of Independence, which is now a suburb of 
Kansas City, was organized, and in 1833 the town of Westport, 
which latter is now within the corporate limits of Kansas City. 
Here was fought the well known battle of Westport, one of 
the largest and fiercest land engagements of the Civil War west 
of the Mississippi River. Twenty-nine thousand men were en- 
gaged on both sides. The battle was an attempt by the Con- 
federates to break the Union defense west of the Mississippi 
River, which failed. 

Independence, and later Westpoit, became outfitting posts 
for the caravans that crossed the desert for New Mexico and 
Utah, and it seemed that one or the other of them was to be 
the future city of this section. However, neither was on the 
river, and when, in 1839, Kansas City was founded at the river, 
it quickly began to overshadow both Independence and West- 
port as a point of trade. 

The name Kansas City, however, was not the original name 
for the settlement, that name being simply "Kansas," originally 
spelled "Kanzas," for the Kanzas Indians, who were called by 

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the French traders "Kahns." It is popularly supposed that Kan- 
sas City took its name from the Territory or State of Kansas, 
but that is an error. All of the territory to the west at that 
time known as the Nebraska Territory, and the name of the 
State of Kansas came considerably later, and probably from the 
same source as the name of the city. 

The district about Kansas City had not been without its 
distinguished visitors up to that time, for in 1832 Washington 
Irving had visited the town of Independence and had written 
from that town to his sister. 

It may be said here that Jackson County, in which both 
Kansas City and Independence are located, has an enviable repu- 
tation for scenery, being considered one of the most beautiful 
counties in the United States. It would pay the visitor to go out 
into a part of it on any of the splendid rock roads which lead 
from Kansas City in almost all directions. 

Again, in 1842, John C. Fremont stopped at "Kansas" on 
his first expedition across the plains. 

The first incorporation of Kansas City was under the name 
of "Town of Kansas," in 1850. This was changed to the "City 
of Kansas," in 1853, and to "Kansas City" in 1889. 

The first postoffice was established in 1845. The first trade 
organization was an informal body called the Board of Trade, 
and was organized in 1856. This did not last long, and was 
succeeded by the Chamber of Commerce, chartered by the State 
in 1857. This Chamber was disorganized by the Civil War, and 
was later followed by The Commercial Club, which is the present 
formal trade body. The fiist telegraph entered Kansas City 
December 20, 1858, and the first newspaper, "The Journal 
Metropolitan," was printed in June 1858. Ground for the first 
railroad in Kansas City was broken July 25, 1860, by the Pa- 
cific Railroad, which afterwards became the Missouri Pacific. 
The first passenger train from the East entered Kansas City 
over this road September 25, 1865. 

An event of tremendous importance to Kansas City was the 
completion of the first bridge across the Missouri River, at Kan- 
sas City, in 1869. There was considerable rivalry between 
Kansas City and the up-river settlement of Leavenworth, twenty- 
five miles away, for this bridge. It was built by what was 
known as the Platte Valley Railroad, which afterwards became 
the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railroad. The 
bridge is known as the Hannibal Bridge, and is yet in use, and 
up to a few years ago was the only bridge by which trains could 
cross the river from the north and east. There are now four 
magnificent bridges across the river at or near Kansas City. 

Construction for the first railroad west of the Missouri River 

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was started at Kansas City August 10, 1863, by the Kansas 
Pacific Railroad Company, now known as the Union Pacific Rail- 
road Company, and the first passenger train went out of Kan- 
sas City for a short distance over this road November 28, 1864. 
Kansas City possesses an unusual number of spots of pre- 
eminent value as view-points from which the plan and the beauty 
of the city spread out before the beholder. Among such in 
Kansas City the following should be visited by everyone. 

Observation Park, occupying the block from Twentieth to 
Twenty-first Street and from West Prospect Place to Holly 
Street, is the spot from which the most comprehensive and im- 
pressive sight of the city may be had. Practically every part is 
under the gaze of the visitor to Observation Park. Every busi- 
ness building of importance, churches, school buildings, hospi- 
tals, beautiful parks, winding boulevards, the smoky and busy 
West Bottoms, the enormous packing plants of Armourdale, the 
Kaw and Missouri Rivers and their junction, and the sister city 
over the line in Kansas, all are included in the wonderful cyclo- 
rama which the beholder may make for himself at this point of 
vantage. 

Another point practically in the business section of the city 
is Observalion Point at the head of West Tenth Street, less than 
ten minutes' walk from the city's business heart. This spot 
offers a view which includes the West Bottoms, the great rail- 
road yards and the Inter-city viaduct (the longest bridge struc- 
ture in the country), and which is unusually attractive at night, 
when thousands of electric lights sparkle all over the landscape. 
The prospect from Scarritt's Point, while not so extensive, 
is no less interesting. Here is scenery equal in beauty to that 
of the Rocky Mountains. Lying at the feet of the visitor is that 
great district — the East Bottoms. Gridironed with railroad 
tracks, dotted with grain elevators and manufacturing plants, it 
presents an unusual vista of industry. 

Looking across the Missouri River the eye finds the great 
development enterprise of North Kansas City, rapidly growing 
in factories and dwellings for the employees. 

A pleasing view of one of the residence sections is to be had 
from Gillham Road at Forty-fourth Street. In the beautiful 
valley below this drive lie many charming homes, and beyond 
to the southeast is seen dazzling Electric Park against a back- 
ground of green on the hills farthei' on. 




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List of Kansas City, Missouri, Hotels Belonging 

to the Kansas City Hotel and Restaurant 

Keepers' Association. 

(Alphabetically Arranged) 

Number Without With Capacity 

In Room Bath Bath Rooms 

Hotel Baltimore, European 1 $1.50 to $2.00 $2.50 to $6.00 400 

1 2.50 to 3.00 4.00 to 7.00 
Blossom House, European 1 1.00 1.50 to 2.00 100 

2 2.00 

The Broadlands, American 1 3.00 4.00 20 

2 4.50 

Bonaventure, European 1 .50 to 1.00 1.00 to 1.50 20 

2 1.00 to 1.50 1.50 to 2.00 

Coates House, European 1 1.00 to 2.00 1.50 to 3.00 200 

2 2.0C to 4.00 3.00 to 7.00 

Convention Hotel, European.... 1 .50 .75, 1.00 Baths Free 5S 

2 1.00 to 2.00 

Cosby Hotel, European 1 .50 to 1.00 Baths Free 66 

2 1.00 to 1.50 

Cotter Hotel, European 1 I.OO 1.50 40 

2 1.50 to 2.00 2. CO to 2.50 

Densmore Hotel, European 1 1.00 1.50 160 

2 1.50 to 2.00 2.00 to 2.50 

Federal Hotel, European 1 1.00 to 1.50 1.50 to 2.00 90 

2 1.50 to 2.00 2.00 to 2.50 

Hotel Kupper, European 1 1.00 and up 2.00 and up 13S 

2 2.00 and up :!.0C and up 

Haddon Hall, American 1 2.50 :!.00 20 

2 3.00 5.00 

Majestic Hotel, European 1 l.OO to 1.50 2.00 3S 

2 1.5C to 2.00 2.50 to 3.00 

Moore Hotel, European l 1.00 to 1.50 1.50 to 3.00 104 

2 2.50 to 3.00 3.00 to 5.00 

Oakley Hotel, European l .75 to 1.00 1.50 to 2.00 46 

2 1.00 to l..-,0 2. 50 to 4.00 

Pullman Hotel. European 1 i.oo 1.50 20 

2 1.50 2. 00 

Randolph Hotel, European 1 l.OC to 1.50 1.50 to 2.00 60 

2 1.50 to 2.00 2.00 to 3.00 

Savoy Hotel, European 1 1.00 to 2.00 1.50 to 3.00 225 

2 2.00 to 3.00 2.50 to 5.00 

Sexton Hotel, European 1 1.00 to 2.50 1.50 to 3.00 100 

2 2.00 to 2.50 3.00 to 4.00 

Victoria Hotel, European 1 i.oo to 1.50 1.50 to 2.50 100 

2 1.50 to 2.00 2.50 to 3.00 

VVashingrton Hotel, European. .. . 1 i.oo 1.50 iqo 

2 1.50 2.00 

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How to See Kansas City Beautiful. 

The following trips are planned to give in the time indicated 
as comprehensive views of the city as may be had in the al- 
lotted time. These should be used by visitors as they are care- 
fully prepared to save time: 

One Hour. 



Leave Union Station The Paseo to 
Through Penn Valley Linwood Blvd. to 



Park to 
Broadway to 
Armour Blvd. to 
(Jillham Road to 
Westport High 

School. 
Mannheim Road to 



Benton Blvd. to 
Gladstone Blvd. to 
Cliff Drive to 
Independence Blvd. 

to 
The Paseo (West 

side) to 



15th St. Return on 
Paseo (East side) 
to 

Admiral Blvd. to 

Walnut St. to 

15th St. to 

Grand Ave. to Union 
Station. 



T^vo Hours. 



Leave Union Station 

Through Penn Val- 
ley Park to 

Karnes Blvd., turn- 
ing to right through 

Roanoke Park to 

Valentine Road to 

Broadway to 

Mill Creek Parkway 
to 

Sunset Drive to and 
through the 

Country Club Dis- 
trict to 

53d and Oak Sts., 



thence north and 

northeast to 
45th St. and Rockhill 

Road, thence east 

to 
The Paseo to 
Mannheim Road to 
Gillham Road to 

36th St. to 
Broadway to 
Armour Blvd. to 
Gilham Road to 
Linwood Blvd. to 
Benton Blvd. to 
Gladstone Blvd. to 



Cliff Drive (through 

North Terrace 

Park) to 
Independence B 1 v d. 

to 
The Paseo (West 

side) to 
15th St. and return 

on 
The Paseo (East 

side) to 
Admiral Blvd. to 
Walnut St. to 
15th St. to 
Grand Ave. to L^nion 

Station. 



Three Hours. 



Leave Union Station 

Through Penn Valley 
Park to 

Karnes Blvd., turn- 
i n g to r i g li t 
through 

Roanoke Park to 

Valentine Road to 

Broadway to 

Mill Creek Parkway 
to 

Sunset Drive to and 
through the 

Country Club Dis- 
trict to 

53d and Oak Sts. to 

Rockhill Road to 



45th St. to 
The Paseo to 
Swope Parkway to 
Swope Park and the 

Lake of the Woods. 
Return via Swope 

Parkway to 
The Paseo to 
Mannheim Road to 
Gillham Road to 
3Gth St. to 
Broadway to 
Armour Blvd. to 
Gillham Road to 
I.,inwood Blvd. to 
P.enton Blvd. to 
Gladstone Blvd. to 



Cliff Drive (through 

N o rt h Terrace 

Park) to 
Independence B 1 v d. 

to 
The Paseo (West 

side) to 
15th St., and return 

on 
The Paseo (East 

side) to 
Admiral Blvd. to 
Walnut St. to 
15th St. to 
Grand Ave. to Union 

Station. 



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Kansas City is a Good Place to Live 

Kansas City covers 57% square miles of territory. 
The population of Greater Kansas City is (according to 
the City Directory for 1912) 

484,978 

made up as follows: 

Kansas City, Mo 338,068 

Kansas City, Kan 122,798 

Independence 15,047 

Rosedale 9,065 

Of this population a larger percentage is native than of any 
other city of its size in the country. 61.8*^^ are of native 
parentage and 80% are native born of either native or foreign 
parentage. 

The census department percentages on Kansas City's popu- 
lation are: 

White of native parentage 61.8% 

White of foreign or mixed parentage. . . .18.3% 
Negro 9.5% 




The Cliff Drive Circling- the Canyon. 



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I.ookout Towers in West Terrace Park at Tenth Street 



Public Institutions. 

CHy Hall — 4th and Main. 

City Hospital — 24th and Locust. 

City Market — 5th and Walnut. 

City ■\Vliarf — Foot Main St. 

City AVork Hou.se (AVomen'.s) — 20th and Vine. 

County Home for Girls — One mile north of Fairmount Park. 

County Hospital — Four miles south of Independence. 

Court Hou.se and County Jail — Missouri Ave. and Oak. 

Fine Arts Institution — Sixth floor Y. W. C .A. Bldg-. 

Free Kniploynient Itureaii — 224 New Nelson Bids'. 

Jackson County H4»nie — Four miles south of Independence'. 

Legal Aid Bureau (Free) — Waterworks Bldg-. 

Alunioipal Farm — Raytown Road and City Line. 

Pultlie Art <;allery — 9th and Locust. 

Publie llatlis (Free) — Kith and Paseo. 

Publif liibrary and itiiiseum — 9th and Locust. 

Truant School — 21st and Chaiiotte. 

VounK' >len's Christian .\ssoeiati<»n — 10th and Oak. 

Kailway V. HI. C .A. — Union Depot. 

^'ouuK' Women's Christfan Association — 102 4 McGee. 



Theaters. 



Auditorium — 9tli and Holmes. 

liyric — 12th and Centi-al. 

Convention Hall — lotli and 

Central. 

Kniprcss — 12th and McGee. 

Hippodrome — 13th and McGee. 

f-ayety — 12th and Wyandotte. 



Globe— 13th and Walnut. 
(■rand — 7th and Walnut. 
Orplicitm — 9th and May. 
Shubcrt — 104 West 10th. 
AMIIIs Wood — 11th and Balti- 
more .\ve. 



Daily Newspapers. 



Kansas City Jouinal. stli and McGee. 
Kansas City Post, Iii(*!<ll Main. 
Kansas City Star. 17th, Grand and McGeo. 
Kansas City Times, 17th, Grand and McG>. 




Welfare Work. 

Kansas City stands peer- 
less in the great work of 
caring for the poor and un- 
fortunate. 

The Board of Public Wel- 
fare is one of the most com- 
prehensive and effective or- 
ganizations in America for 
the carrying on of this work. 
Its activities comprise juris- 
diction over the Municipal 
Farm (or workhouse) includ- 
ing the paroling of prison- 
ers, and over the Women s 
Reformatory, administration 
of the Free Legal Aid Bu- 
reau, and of the Welfare 
Loan Agency. The Board 
works in close cooperation 
with the Helping Hand In- 
stitute, which takes care of 
the homeless and unem- 
ployed, and through this institution operates a Free Em 
ployment Bureau and a Municipal Quarry. 

The Juvenile Court is another institution which works in 
close alliance with the Welfare Board. 

Operating through its Research Bureau, the Welfare Board 
studies and regulates the housing problem, _ investigates and 
passes upon the merit of all charitable organizations ajPPealing 
to the public for support, promotes the utilization of vacant lots 
for gardening work, and maintains a Convalescent Commttee 
charged with the visitation of patients in the City Hospital. 

Its factory Inspection Department inspects and regulates 
manufacturing, mechanical and mercantile estabhshments and 
places of public entertainment, and enforces the provisions ot 
the State Labor Law. 

The Social Service Department is an investigation bureau 
dealing with individual and family problems in cooperation with 
the Provident Association, providing necessary information tor 
its own and other city departments. 

Under the Recreation Department comes scrutiny of the 
recreation of the city; public, comprising parksand play grounds 

private meaning recreation provided by institutions supported 

bv private funds, and commercial, including motion picture and 
other theatres; dance halls of all kinds, billiard rooms, bowling 
alleys, shooting galleries, entertainment parks, etc. 

Taken all in all, the organization and work of the Welfare 
Board completely covers the social and amusement problems 
of the city, improving where advisable, correcting where neces- 
sary, and exercising at all times a most wholesome and uplifting 
influence. 



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Some Sociological Points of Interest. 



Sociological Museum, Board of Public Welfare, 3rd floor, Water 

Works Bldg. 
Municipal Farm, Leeds, Mo., on Raytown Rock Road, 4^4 miles 

from the end of 27th street car line. 
Boys' Hotel, Admiral Blvd. and Vine St. 
German Hospital, 23rd and Holmes Sts. 
Girls' Hotel, 1703 Jefferson St. 
Gillis Orphan's Home, 22nd St. and Tracy Ave. 
Hahnemann Hospital, 912 Tracy Ave. 
Helping Hand Institute, 408 Main St. 
House of the Good Shepherd, 20th and Cleveland. 
Institutional Church, Holmes St. and Admiral Blvd. 
Jew^ish Educational Institute, Admiral Blvd. and Harrison St. 
Kansas City Provident Association, 1115 Charlotte St. 
Mattie Rhodes Memorial Society Nursery, 2340 W. Prospect. 
Mercy Hospital, 414 Highland Ave. 
Perry Memorial Home, 922 Westport Ave. 
St. Anthony's Home for Infants and Maternity Hospital, 23rd 

and College. 
St. Joseph Hospital, 710 Penn St. 
St. Joseph's Orphans' Home, 31st and Jefferson Sts. 
St. Luke's Hospital, 11th and Euclid. 
St. Mary's Hospital, 28th and Main Sts. 
Swedish Hospital, 30th and Wyandotte Sts. 
Swope Settlement, 1608 Campbell St. 




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Religion and Education 

Greater Kansas City has 336 churches covering practically 
every religious denomination. 

Kansas City has 81 public school buildings, including four 
high schools with two more high schools in course of erection, 
while four additional ward school buildings have been auth- 
orized and designed. The public school system of Kansas City 
represents an investment of $7,514,450.00. 

The total expenditures of the Board of Education for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1912, were $2,183,995.12. 

The enrollment in the public schools totals 40,954, divided 
as follows: 

Boys. Girls. 

Ward Schools 16,588 16,296 

High Schools 2,162 2,852 



18,750 19,148 

Kansas City's Public Library, which is administered under 
the direction of the Board of Education, contains 119,604 
volumes and circulated for home use 345,273 books during the 
year ending June 30, 1913, while 101,288 volumes were used in 
the reading rooms. 

Kansas City has 344 miles of paved streets. 
Parks and Boulevards. 

The park and boulevard system includes 50 miles of con- 
tinuous boulevards and eighteen separate parks, with a total area 
of approximately 2,000 acres. Swope Park, the third largest 
park in the United States, a gift of the late Col. Thos. H. Swope, 
is part of this system. 

The street railway system consists of 270 miles of tracks 
and universal transfers are given. 




Lake in the Woods, Swope Park. 



Parks. 

City Parks and Locations. 

Budd — St. John and Brighton. 

Take Northeast Car. 
Garrison Square — 5th and Troost. 

Take 5th Street Car. 
Grove, The — 15th, between Chestnut and Benton. 

Take 15th Street Car. 
Holmes Square — 18th to 19th and Holmes to Cherry. 

Take Jackson Avenue or Indiana Avenue Car. 
Independence Plaza — Independence Boulevard and Brooklyn. 

Take Independence, Independence Ave. or Mt. Washington 

Car. 
Linwood Plaza — Linwood at Brooklyn. 

Take Brooklyn Avenue Car. 
North Terrace — Highland to Belmont and C. 

John, Lexington and Gladstone. 

Take Northeast Car. 
Observation — 20th and West Prospect Place. 

Take Observation Park or Roanoke Car, 
Parade, The— 15th to 17th, Paseo to Woodland. 

Take 15th Street, 27th Street, or Prospect Avenue Car. 
Paseo, The— 9th to 18th and 27th to 31st. Streets. 

Take Brooklyn Avenue, 12th Street, 15th Street, 27th Street 

or Prospect Avenue Car. 
Penn Valley — 26th to 31st, Wyandotte to Summit. 

Take Roanoke Car. 
Roanoke — 35th to 38th, Summit to Wyoming. 

Take Roanoke Car. 
Southmoreland — ^46th and Oak. 

Take Rockhill Car. 



& A. R. R. to St. 




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Parks. — Continued 

Swope — 65th and Cleveland. 

Take Swope Park Car. 
Spring Valley— 28th and Garfield. 

Take Brooklyn Avenue Car. 
Troost Park — 29th to 31st, Tracy Avenue to The Paseo. 

Take Woodland Avenue or 31st Street Car. 

Washington Square — Missouri and Holmes. 

Take Northeast Car. 
West Terrace— 6th to 17th, Summit to Bluffs. 

Take Roanoke Car. 

Private Parks 

American Association Base Ball Park — 20th and Olive. 

Take Jackson Avenue or Indiana Avenue Car. 
Blue River Shooting Park — Independence Avenue and Blue River. 

Take Independence or Mt. Washington Car. 
Electric — 46th and The Paseo. 

Take Troost Avenue or Rockhill Car. 
Fairmount Park — Mt. Washington. 

Take Mt. Washington Car. 
Federal League Base Ball Park — 47th and The Paseo. 

Take Troost Avenue or Rockhill Car. 




On the I'aseu at Eleveiilli Street 



F o u 1 1 e e n 




In Swope Pai-k. 

Retail Stores. 

Kansas City's retail stores are on a parity with 
any in the country. Comprehensive and well assorted 
stocks; finely furnished and comfortable stores, and 
fair prices with conscientious service, are all influen- 
tial in the upbuilding of really great mercantile estab- 
lishments in every line. 

All car lines converge in the shopping districts. 



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The Cost of Living in Kansas City 

Rents and home property are very reasonable. 

The following table shows the housing conditions in Kansas 
City. There is an ample supply of dwellings of all kinds at 
very moderate rentals: 

Summary of Dwelling Places 

(From a recent survey) 

Private Residences. 

Rental Value Available 

Per Month. Number. 

$50 or more 2,918 

$40 to $50 3,219 

$30 to $40 7,010 

$25 to $30 6,794 

$20 to $25 8,026 

$15 to $20 12,720 

Less than $15 22,599 

Total 63,286 

Housekeeping Apartments, 

Rental Value Available 

Per Month. Number. 

$45 or more 711 

$35 to $45 1,710 

$25 to $35 4,233 

Less than $25 9,245 

Total 15,899 

Food Prices 

Food prices in Kansas City, by actual survey in 1912 in ten 
cities in America with an average population of 250,000, are 
shown to be next to the lowest. 

Fuel 

Natural gas for domestic use is sold in Kansas City at 27 
cents per thousand cubic feet. This gas is nearly twice as 
strong in heat units as artificial gas, which in other cities costs 
from 75 cents to $1.00 per thousand feet. 

Kansas City is located close to great beds of high grade coal 
which is delivered at low prices. Fuel oil may also be had at from 
70 cents to $1.25 per barrel. 

Taxation 

The rate of general taxation is very low — $14.85 on true 
value (1913) for city, state and county. 

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Wholesale District. 



The unequaled distributing facilities of Kansas 
City and its location have combined to make it one 
of the great jobbing centers of the country. 

Enormous wholesale and jobbing institutions in 
all lines, dry goods, agricultural implements, drugs, 
boots and shoes, clothing, millinery, hats and caps, in 
fact, in practically every line of commercial activity 
are located here, and their aggregate transactions 
reach into the hundreds of millions every year. 

Most of these houses are to be found in the west- 
ern and northern sections of the city. 




Tlie Liikc in Fenn Valley I'ark 



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The Main Drive in Penii Valley Paik. 

Kansas City Ranks Among the Cities 
of the Country 

First 

In proximity to the Nation's Bread Basket. 

In proximity to the Nation's Meat Supply. 

In Tributary Trade Territory. 

In Farminfj Territory. 

As a Hay Market. 

In Yellow Pine Lumber. 

In Sale of Agricultural Implements. 

In Pullman Business. 

In Number of Miles cf Parked Boulevards. 

Second 

In Health. 

In Live Stock. 

As a Mule Market. 

In Grain Receipts (Primary). 

In Meat Packing. 

In Railroads.- 

Third 

In Flour Output. 

In Poultry and Egg Business. 

In Lumber. 

In Telegraphic Business. 

Sixth in Bank Clearings. 
Seventh in Postal Receipts. 
Tenth in Value of Factory Output. 



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Manufacturing. 

The manufacturing interests of Kansas City are 
increasing with marvelous rapidity. 

The mere statement that the city stands tenth 
among American cities in manufacturing conveys no 
idea of the diversity of its product nor of the size 
of some of its plants. 

The retail and residence districts of Kansas City 
are situated upon two plateaus separated by a narrow 
valley, in which are located many factories making 
lighter products. The whole is bounded on the West, 
North and East by a great plain as level as a plank 
floor, in the shape of a giant horseshoe. Here the 
heavier manufacturing is done, and through this plain 
and the valley referred to, runs the Belt Line Rail- 
way, and herein are located all the freight stations. 




Kansa.v City Hiul of Old Saiila Vv Trail. INim N'allcy I'arU. 



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The Wonderful Transportation Facilities 
of Kansas City. 



Kansas City has a railroad service equaled by but one other 
city in the United States. Sixteen trunk lines contribute to 
serve the enormous traffic demands, both freight and passenger, 
of the city. 

These trunk lines are as follows: 

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe. 

Chicago, Burling-ton & Quincy. 

Chicag-o & Alton. 

Chicago, Great Western. 

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. 

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific. 

Kansas City Southern. 

Kansas City, Mexico & Orient (Building). 

Missouri Pacific. 

Missouri, Kansas & Texas. 

Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf (Building). 

Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City. 

St. Joseph & Grand Island. 

St. Louis & San Francisco. 

Union Pacific. 

Wabash. 

Subordinate to these trunk lines are thirty-two (32) sepa- 
rate lines of railroad providing distributing facilities not sur- 
passed by those anywhere else in the country. 

There is in Kansas City the most complete and efficient plan 
for freight terminals and freight handling to be found anywhere 
in the world. 

Fifteen hundred (1,500) cars of freight pass in and out of 
Kansas City every day. 

Five hundred (500) cars of package freight (less than car 
load shipments) are every day forwarded for distribution in the 
great Trans-Mississippi territory to which Kansas City holds 
the key, which is larger than that tributary to any other city in 
the Mississippi valley. 

The requirements of passenger traffic are taken care of by 
the largest Union Station west of New York. 

Two hundred sixty passenger trains arrive in and depart 
from the city daily. 

More Pullman business is done in Kansas City than in any 
other city in the country. 

More pieces of baggage are handled every year in the Union 
Station of Kansas City than in any other station in the world. 





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The New Union Station. 



The following statistics only give a suggestion of the beauty 
and impressive magnificence of this monumental structure: 

Cost of Station proper $ 5,500,000.00 ' 

Cost of Station and Terminals 40,000,000.00 

Ground area covered by buildings, train sheds and 

power houses 16 M: acres 

Height of Main Building 126 feet 

Height of ceiling in Main Room 90 feet 

Number of Tracks — West 16 

East 16 

Area of Main Waiting Room 26,100 sq. feet 

Area of Grand Lobby 22,060 sq. feet 

Area of Express Buildings 64,543 sq. feet 

Area of Baggage Rooms 74,648 sq. feet 



Statistics of Business Handled at Present at 
Kansas City Union Station. 

(Based on year ending June 30, 1913.) 

Average 

Daily. Yearly. 

Passengers in and out 28,000 10,220,000 

Baggage, pieces 6,000 2,120,069 

Parcels Checked 1,200 404,000 

Mail, tons 405 147,825 

Number Tickets 3,780 1,378,888 

Value of Tickets $13,000.00 $4,681,701.93 

Number of all passenger trains in and out of Kansas City; 
daily 2G0, yearly 94,900. 

Kansas City ranks first among all the cities of the country 
in Pullman business, and her Union Station handles more pieces 
of baggage per year than any other station in the world. 



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Stock Yards Data. 

The live stock business of Kansas City is the sec- 
ond largest in the world. The Live Stock Exchange 
Building is the largest building in the world devoted 
exclusively to live stock interests, with five acres of 
floor space and 475 offices. The stock yards cover an 
area of 168 acres and contain 8 miles of overhead 
driveways. 3,688 separate pens provide capacity for 
handling daily 70,000 cattle, 40,000 hogs, 45,000 
sheep and 5,000 horses. 

The transactions for 1912 aggregated over $200,- 
000,000.00. 121,964 carloads were received, containing 
2,147,224 head of cattle and calves, 2,523,331 hogs, 
2,133,976 sheep and 73,445 horses and mules. 




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Financial Data. 



Banking. 

Greater Kansas City has 56 banking institutions with a 
combined statement as of August 9, 1913, as follows: 

Capital $ 13,727,500 

Surplus and Undivided Profits 10,083,116 

Deposits 146,608.983 

Loans and Discounts 102,683,732 

Total Resources 175,952,405 

Total Clearings, year ending August 1, 1912 2.599 252,188 

Total Clearings, year ending August 1, 1913 2,709,748,355 

Kansas City, Missouri Municipal Finances. 

Assessed Valuation, 1913 $189,587,851.00 

Actual Valuation 423,969,628.00 

Total City Debt, including Water Works Bonds. . 6,121,000.00 
Value of Water Works Plant alone (owned by 

City) 10,000,000.00 

Value of Park and City Property 12,000,000.00 

Tax Rate, 1913, 12 '/z mills, or per $1,000 12.50 

Total City Expenses, 1912 2,604,000.00 

The appropriation ordinance for 1913 provides as follows: 

Public Works $ 500,000.00 

Fire Department 500,000.00 

Police Department 480,000.00 

Hospital and Health 300,000.00 

Street Lighting 240,000.00 

Public Welfare 130,000.00 

Parks and Boulevards 105,000.00 

Salaries and Miscellaneous Expenses 470,000.00 

Total Appropriations $2,725,000.00 



T r» enly -fou r 



"The Kansas City Way." 



There's a Kansas City way. 
And it's in the words they say — 

"Get her up, get her down, get her out;" 
It's a shibboleth that "rings 
Where the voice of progress sings — 

There's unconquerable magic in the shout! 

There's a Kansas City style 
Of meeting trouble with a smile 

And making difficulties face about. 
There is only one thing true 
When there's anything to do — 

Get her up, get her down, get her out! 

If it's something that she needs, 
Out of words arise the deeds 

That put the opposition to the rout; 
And it's in the ringing lay 
Of the Kansas City way — 

Get her up, get her down, get her out! 

It's her challenge to the times. 
It's her messenger of rhymes. 

The battle call that stifles every doubt. 
And wherever duty lies, 
With her heart and soul she cries — 

"Get her up, get her down, get her out!" 

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